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I've had similar problems to those described above after upgrading from Win 8.1 to win 10. No response from clicking on the Start Menu icon. No response or extremely delayed response (a couple of minutes) to clicking on the Network or Audio icons on the taskbar. When I launch the Task Manager it will freeze and take several minutes to complete launching. Windows indicates I have no Restore to return to Win 8.1. Wow, this is not giving me the warm fuzzies!
Yes, as Liam asked, I also have the Avast! Virus software. I will try to uninstall to see if that stabilizes Windows 10.
Guys I've just had a similar problem on my desktop PC. I got it working again using the method described in another thread called "Startmenu and taskbar not working in windows 10", but all the program folders were empty.
I was just about resigned to having to link them all in manually when I thought I would check the registry for errors using CCleaner (I use this all the time).
About 30% of the way through all the programs started appearing in all the folders.
It might not work for you but it's worth a try, or try your usual registry checker
I use the free version of CCleaner.